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(configd) ignore syslog on startup when not excepting connections, closes https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/853

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PR: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=2517.0
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(legacy) remove javascript autoloading, all occurrences of it where replaced except the index/dashboard handling.

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